简介:Thispaperpresentsanapproachwhichenablessurfacemodelling,meshgenerationandtheFiniteElement(FE)analysistobeintegratedtogethertosimulatesuperplasticformingprocessforcomplexshapedcomponents.TechniqueshavebeendevelopedtogenerateanFEmeshovernon-four-sidedsurfaceareas,theboundariesofwhichareBeziercurvesofarbitrarydegree,usingaconsistentexpression.TheoreticalevidenceisgiventodeterminethenumberofBeziertriangularpatchesrequiredforaccuratelyre-constructingdiesurfaceswithinacommercialFEsolver.Thedevelopedtechniqueshavebeensuccessfullyusedindeterminingtheprocessparametersforforminga3Drectangularbox.